2026 Fuentes-Dumas Scholarship

The Fuentes-Dumas scholarship recognizes the struggle and work to achieve excellence.

ASID Washington Metro is committed to helping rising interior design professionals launch and grow their careers. The Fuentes-Dumas Scholarship offers a $3,000 award to qualified applicants whose work is judged by local ASID members.

KEY DATES

·         Scholarship opens for applications Monday March 16, 2026

·         Completed application date Monday June 8, 2026 11:59 PM EDT

·         The Fuentes-Dumas Scholarship will be awarded at the Annual Meeting, date and place TBD 2026

·         The winner will be notified a month before the Annual Meeting to plan to be at the event to receive the scholarship

ELIGIBILTY:

• Must be a student Member ASID and submit member number or the award will be reduced by the cost of membership ($49.00)  and the student will be registered as a member
• Must be receiving financial aid for your education
• Entering your Junior year or higher
• Attending an Interior Design program in one of the following schools
  • Anne Arundel Community Colldge (AACC)
  • Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus (CCBC)
  • The George Washinton University
  • Howard University
  • Marymount university, Arlington
  • Morgan State University
  • Montgomery College
  • Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)
• Must submit and completer all documents or application will be Disqualified
  • Application
  • Transcript
  • Philosophy of Design statement
  • Student Essay: How will the schlarship further you and the profession
  • Portfolio
  • Letter/s of recommendation
• May only be awarded once to any student

HOW THE JUDGING WILL WORK

The submissions will be blind judged by using a random numbering reference system to eliminate the name of the student, college and identifying information fo professores/ references.

Portfolio items must not identify the student or school.

Judging will be performed by a group of 5-7 ASID members including two Professionals ASID members, onne Allied Member, onrecent Interior Design graduate withing the last 3 years, and one Industry Partner minimum